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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Cowley    
First Name(s)  Henry Wellesley    
Titles  First Baron    
Year of Birth  1773    
Year of Death  1847    
Entry  Born Jan. 20, 1773 : youngest son of the first Earl of Mornington : brother of Marquess Wellesley (q.v.), and Duke of Wellington (q.v.) : served in the Army, before going as Secretary of legation to Stockholm, 1792 : Private Secretary to his brother, Marquess Wellesley, when Governor-General, 1798-1801 : a Commissioner for the settlement of Mysore after its capture, 1799 : sent to England to explain the war with Tippoo in 1799-1800 : sent on a mission to Oudh, negotiated treaty for cession of certain districts by the Nawab : Lieutenant-Governor of the ceded districts of Oudh, 1801-3 : left India, 1803 : M.P. for Eye, 1807-9 : Secretary to the Treasury, 1808-9 : P-C., 1809 : Secretary to Embassy to Spain, 1809, and Ambassador, 1811-22 : knighted 1812 : G.C.B., 1815 : Ambassador to Vienna, 1823-31 : to Paris, 184 1-6 : made Baron Cowley, 1828 : died April 27, 1847     
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